CETIS White Papers

The CETIS White Paper series comprises longer publications which have not been published in an academic journal.

CETIS White Paper 2013:WP01.

MOOCs and Open Education: Implications for Higher Education

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This report sets out to help decision makers in higher education institutions gain a better understanding of the phenomenon of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) and trends towards greater [...]

CETIS Journal Paper 2010:WP02.

Concepts and Standardization in Areas Relating to Competence

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Summary: This paper reviews terminology, motivation, history and current work in areas relating to skill or competence. Many useful services, clarifying pathways within and from education to employment, self-assessment, and selection would be facilitated by better standardization of the format in which related [...]

CETIS White Paper 2010:WP01.

The Future of Interoperability Standards in Education – System and Process

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In January 2010, JISC CETIS organised a working meeting to bring together participants across a range of standards organisations and communities to look at the future of interoperability standards in the education sector. This paper summarises the views expressed by [...]

CETIS White Paper 2008:WP01.

Open Educational Resources – Opportunities and Challenges for Higher Education

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Higher education institutions around the world have been using the Internet and other digital technologies to develop and distribute teaching and learning for decades. Recently, Open Educational Resources (OER) have gained increased attention for their potential and promise to obviate demographic, [...]

CETIS White Paper 2007:WP02.

Assessment Item Banks and Repositories

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This paper aims to inform those with an interest in repositories in general, and those with an interest in assessment item banks, about the similarities and differences between [...]

CETIS White Paper 2007:WP01.

Assessment item banks: an academic perspective

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This paper discusses assessment item bank that can be used by academics to share assessment content within or across a range of institutions. The concept [...]